Do you recall falling in love? You hoped to know the person better and learn all the details that made the individual special. You spent all your free time with your new love. You formed strong bonds to last through troubles and time. It was a moment when you felt connected to another person, when there was someone outside of yourself whom you could not picture your life without.
A. W. Tozer spoke of the desire to know God better. The moment God became real and special to him was when he was fifteen years old. He had heard a street preacher say that people needed to call on God if they did not know how to be saved. Tozer ran home to his attic, got on his knees, and began a lifelong pursuit of God. This moment inspired his pursuit to a deeper knowledge of God. He loved and grew in his connection to God for the rest of his life. Our pursuit of God should be lifelong. God is too deep, too wide, and too high for the knowing to ever end. The pursuit begins at the moment you understand that God truly loves you, and this begins your connection of hope.
Just tell our heavenly Father, "I love You and long to know You deeper. Lead me in Your ways so that I may walk closer to You day by day." Amen
Source: 365 Devotion for hope by Karen Whiting
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